xvii, 317 pages 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-305)

The stage : and some properties -- The actors : though not in order of their appearance -- Architects of defeat : George III and Lord North -- Architects of defeat : Lords Germain and Sandwich -- Architects of defeat : generals Clinton and Cornwallis -- Architects of defeat : admirals Rodney, Hood, and Graves -- Architects of victory : Louis XVI, Choiseul, and Vergennes -- Architects of victory : Lafayette and Rochambeau -- Architects of victory : De Grasse and Washington -- The action : England's unsolved problem -- How Cornwallis got to Yorktown : British victories in the south : Charleston and Camden -- Cornwallis Versus Greene : cowpens and Guilford court house -- Cornwallis and Lafayette in Virginia -- Cornwallis goes to Yorktown -- De Grasse and Saint-Simon decide to come north -- Rodney Dallies at Saint Eustatius -- Hood, not Rodney, to the rescue -- The battle of the Chesapeake : first phase -- The battle of the Chesapeake : second phase -- The battle of the Chesapeake : third phase -- "Too little, too late" -- Rochambeau writes a letter -- Washington and Rochambeau march south -- The siege and surrender at Yorktown -- Apportioning the blame and praise

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